Episodes
529 Episodes
WOF 097: Did Thomas Aquinas Really Prove God? (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second part of a series responding to a viral YouTube video titled ["Aquinas and the Cosmological Arguments"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgisehuGOyY) (750,000+ views), which claims that Thomas Aquinas' arguments for God hav
WOF 096: Aquinas and the Arguments for God (Part 1 of 2)
A viral YouTube video titled ["Aquinas and the Cosmological Arguments"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgisehuGOyY) (750,000+ views) claims that Thomas Aquinas' arguments for God have been decisively refuted. But have they? Bishop Barron r
WOF 095: How to Have a Religious Argument
Listen to Bishop Barron's talk at the Facebook HQ, which has already been heard over 275,000 times. Every day, millions of people argue about religion on social media. The comboxes of religious and atheist sites are among the most visited a
WOF 094: Bishop Barron's New Book with John Allen, Jr.
Bishop Barron has a new book coming out titled [To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming Christ in a Secular Age](http://wordonfireshow.com/book). It's a book-length conversation between Bishop Barron and John Allen, Jr., the award-winning
WOF 093: Bishop Barron at Facebook
Today (September 18), Bishop Barron will be speaking to Facebook employees at their headquarters in Menlo Park, CA, on "How to Have a Religious Argument." (The talk will be livestreamed on [Bishop Barron's Facebook page](http://facebook.com
WOF 092: Pro-Life AND Social Justice
There seems to be a divide in the Catholic Church between so-called "pro-life" Catholic and so-called "social justice" Catholics. Where did this come from? How do we heal this split? That's what Bishop Barron discusses in this episode. A li
WOF 091: Does Religion Have a Smart-People Problem?
Every now and then, articles and surveys pop up suggesting that religious people are, by whatever criteria, dumber than then general population—or at least dumber than atheists. Today Bishop Barron responds to this and the charge that relig
WOF 090: Beauty in the Catholic Tradition
What is beauty? Is beauty undefinable and entirely relativistic? Or is beauty an objective reality, backed by reason and understanding? How do Catholics define beauty, and how has Catholic Church evangelized through beauty over the centurie
WOF 089: What Really Happens When We Die?
What really happens when we die? In a recent [interview](https://www.facebook.com/TruthInsideOfYou/videos/1519175098148486/) with Larry King, popular astro-physicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, offers a scientifically reduced answer to this philo
WOF 088: Listener Q&A with Bishop Barron
Normally, in each episode we take one listener question. But we've received such a large number of outstanding questions from around the globe that we've decided to devote another episode to answering a range of questions from listeners lik
WOF 087: The Law of the Gift
Bishop Barron is flying back from Europe after his [Pivotal Players](http://pivotalplayers.com/) recording trip, so instead of a live show, we're bringing you a special excerpt from his upcoming "David the King" series. Learn about Hannah a
WOF 086: Broadcasting from Milan, Italy
Bishop Robert Barron and his Word on Fire production are in Italy, filming the next round of [CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players](http://pivotalplayers.com/).
WOF 085: Behind the Scenes Filming
Bishop Robert Barron and his Word on Fire production team have just set off to Europe to film two brand new episodes for the hit television film series: *CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players*. This second volume of biographical documentaries fe
WOF 084: 5 Reasons We Don't Evangelize
Have you ever had an opportunity to share your faith but opted to remain quiet? There are several reasons why we might shy away from these grace-filled moments. In this episode of the Word On Fire Show, Bishop Barron teaches us how to overc
WOF 083: How Bishop Barron Reads and Writes
Do you ever wish you could read more books? Have you ever thought about writing articles at the professional level or authoring your own book? Bishop Robert Barron has read a library's worth of texts, written fifteen books, and composed tho
WOF 082: Living as the Image of God (Part 2)
In 2015 Bishop Robert Barron gave the opening keynote speech at the famous World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. In front of this massive crowd of Catholics, Bishop Barron explained how Christianity is the greatest form of humanism bec
WOF 081: Living as the Image of God (Part 1)
In 2015 Bishop Robert Barron gave the opening keynote speech at the famous World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. In front of this massive crowd of Catholics, Bishop Barron explained how Christianity is the greatest form of humanism bec
WOF 079: The Spirituality of Marriage
Marriage has been one of the most talked about topics in the news over the past decade. Despite all the interest surrounding the institution of marriage, the numbers of people actually getting married has dwindled. In this episode Bishop Ba
WOF Bonus Episode: Kids Interview
Word on Fire Show host Brandon Vogt stopped into the Santa Barbara studio with his five children while on a cross-country road trip. The Vogt children were given the chance to ask Bishop Barron about God, Mary, and bananas in this special b
WOF 078: Joining the Great Saints
The best theological movements present the Church as an organism, not an organization. In this episode of our new series on the eight principles of Word on Fire, Bishop Barron explains how how the Communion of Saints works in and through th